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* In the novel ''Como Agua Para Chocolate'' or ''[[Like Water for Chocolate]]'', Tita's lover Pedro literally dies at the climax, due to a sudden heart attack.

* In the ''[[Book of Amber]]'', the lead character Corwin claims that when he said we wanted to die in bed, what he meant is that he wanted to be stepped on by an elephant while having sex.

* Roulette, from ''[[Wild Cards]]'', has the superhuman ability to fatally poison men having sex with her, and she is manipulated by the [[Big Bad]] into being a hitwoman for supers.

* The first ''[[The Dresden Files|Dresden Files]]'' novel, ''Storm Front'', begins with Harry being called in to help investigate the deaths of two people who took going Out with a Bang to the extreme - magic caused both of their hearts to explode messily out of their chests mid-coitus. [[Justified Trope]], as Harry theorizes that the strong emotions during sex amplified the magic attack.

 

== [[Real Life]] ==

* Attila the Hun reportedly died on his wedding night to his latest teenage wife of a heart-attack / nosebleed.

* Semelparous are organisms that die right after having sex.

 

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